Geography at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5)

Unit 11: Water
Section 2: How does water get to where it is needed?

Objectives

Children should learn:

to make maps and plans
to use secondary sources
to investigate water supply at local and world scales

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Ask the children to walk around the school grounds and mark on a plan all signs of water movement, eg downpipes, gutters and, possibly with the assistance of a school keeper, investigate where water enters and leaves the school, and find out what a stopcock is. Divide the children into small groups and ask them to work out how they would transport water from another tap in the school grounds to their classroom if their nearest tap were not working. Ask the children to find out how water is taken to farmland (irrigation), using photographs from Thread of the Nile, or similar resource pack.		record information on a map draw a flow chart to show where water enters and leaves the school understand how water can be transported

Points to note

Design and technology: there are opportunities to link work on irrigation with the workings of a water pump.

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	1. Where can we find water locally? Where can we find water in the world?
	2. How does water get to where it is needed?
	3. Who uses water? What do they use it for?
	4. Is all water usable? How can water be made usable?
	5. Who owns water? Who pays for water? What jobs are involved in providing our water?
	6. General

Geography at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

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